Document Analysis: Students are to select 1 document among t…

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Dоcument Anаlysis: Students аre tо select 1 dоcument аmong the 4 below to analyze. This assessment question is designed to determine what students have learned this semester about primary source documents that are the backbone to history (it's how we know). To completely analyze the document you select, be sure to write 2 complete paragraphs that state the document type you're analyzing, the author or makers of the document, their intended audience, the document's importance and purpose, and most importantly, provide a summary/description of the source and contextual details (background information) that places the document in its proper historical time frame.  Be sure to write in standard English and be sure to use accurate dates. *remember, only 1 document among the four below is to be analyzed* 1. "Rodney King We Understand photo": The photo below was taken near Waco, Texas by an unnamed photojournalist. 2. Macintosh Advertisement: The advertisement collateral below appeared in a number of newspapers and magazines. 3. The Turner Diaries: by William Pierce (also known as Andrew MacDonald) was a novel and the basic handbook adopted by far-right political extremist organizations. If the White nations of the world had not allowed themselves to become subject to the Jew, to Jewish ideas, to the Jewish spirit, this war would not be necessary... ...If the Organization survives this contest, no Jew will -- anywhere. We'll go to the Uttermost ends of the earth to hunt down the last of Satan's spawn. At 9:15 yesterday morning our bomb went off in the F.B.I.'s national headquarters building...the damage is immense. We have certainly dis-rupted a major portion of the F.B.I.'s headquarters operations for at least the next several weeks...we gaped with a mixture of horror and elation at the devastation.... It is a heavy burden of responsibility for us to bear, since most of the victims of our bomb were only pawns…But there is no way we can destroy the System without hurting many thousands of innocent people...And if we don't destroy the System before it destroys us...our whole race will die. The real value of our attacks today lies in the psychological impact, not in the immediate casualties. For one thing, our efforts against the System gained immeasurably in credibility. More important, though, is what we taught the politicians and the bureaucrats. They learned today that not one of them is beyond our reach. They can huddle behind barbed wire and tanks in the city, or they can hide behind the concrete walls and alarm systems of their country estates, but we can still find them and kill them. 4. GO PAC Memo -- "Language: A Key Mechanism of Control":  GO PAC is a Republican Party political action committee established by former Maryland Governor Pierre S. du Pont, IV. During the Republican Party's "Contract with America" campaign for control of the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, Georgia Republican Congressman Newt Gingrich sent a memo advising candidates to rely on these directives to assure a Republican Party victory in the midterm elections during Bill Clinton's first term in office.  This list is prepared so that you might have a directory of words to use in writing literature and mail, in preparing speeches, and in producing electronic media. While the list could be the size of the latest "College Edition" dictionary, we have attempted to keep it small enough to be readily useful yet large enough to be broadly functional. The list is divided into two sections: Optimistic Positive Governing Words and phrases to help describe your vision for the future of your community (your message) and Contrasting Words to help you clearly define the policies and record of your opponent and the Democratic party. Optimistic Positive Governing Words: citizen, light, leader, mobilize, dream, freedom, rights, flag, children, strength, fair, protect, liberty, confident, incentive, hard work, common sense… Contrasting Words: radical, sick, devour, waste, fraud, corruption, incompetent, welfare, abuse, bizarre, cheat, cynicism, steal, abuse of power, bureaucracy, machine, bosses, patronage, deranged, union, scum…

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